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The nature of my invention consists in providing a GOTTLIEB H. WILDE,O'F AURORA, ILLINOIS.

' Laim Parmi: No. 92,240, daad July e, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLE'l-PARERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GOTTLIEB H. WILBE, ofAnrora, in the county of Kane, and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improved Apple- Parer; and I do herebydeclare the followin'gto he affull, clear, and exact description of thesame, rference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the lettersand figures marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 represents asideelevation;

Figure 2, an edge view;

Figure 3, a side of the guide, detached;

Figure 4, an edge view of the same; and

Figure 5, a side view of the knife-blade,'with the of house-knifehandles.

I cut the notches, or slotsD and E, in the knifeblade A, in suchrelative position and of' such depth as to accomplish the resulthereafter' described.

C is a bent\or formed Wire, the ends of which are secured to the slots Dand E by means of pins F, said pins .having heads onone end, while theother end is securely fastened to tlfe wire.

By slipping one of the pins F into the slot D, the

head-on the pin serving to hold it there, and-springing the other pindown into the notch E, the wire C is held near the edge of theknife-blade, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

The wire C is readily removed from the knife-blade, for cleaning orother purposes, by simply springing the pin F from the notch E.

The location of the notches D and E, in the'knifeblade, may be varied,but the shape of the wire gauge or guide would have to hecorrespondingly varied, so

that it would pass along the edge of the knife, near enough thereto toform a guide in paring the apple, or other fruit or vegetable.

It will be observed that any ordinary case-knife can be readily madeinto an apple-parer, by-cutting the notches D and E in the blade, andAattaching thereto the wire C.

Having thus fully described the construction and' operation of myinvention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Combination of guide O, pins F, and blade A, when constructed andarranged so as to operate snbstantially as and for the purposesspecified. Y 4 GOTTLIEB H. WILDE.

Witnesses:

C. BERNHARD, F. FLEISCHMANN.

